Post by Brad Nelson on Aug 25, 2023 18:00:30 GMT -8
The Oakdale Affair
This is a short crime/mystery novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs. One Amazon reviewer says it very well: "A departure for ERB, has the feel of old style writing, a decent crime/mystery story."
This is the third book in the "Mucker" series following The Mucker and The Return of the Mucker. I didn't know it was part of a series when I picked this third book up. Note that the first two books can be found in the Gutenberg download because the two were originally published serially as "The Mucker" and "The Return of the Mucker".
There is a crime spreed in Oakdale and some drifters, criminals, and others enter the scene in a plot (dare I call it "wholesome") reminiscent of Mark Twain. Of course, critics hated it, but I found it somewhat refreshing. It's a short read (about half the length or less of a typical novel). Yes, it has a bit of corn here and there but no matter. Given that we live in a world of posers and Cretans who can't go five seconds without dropping an f-bomb, I'll gladly take a little corn.
And this is the kind of a book that a father and son (or father and daughter) could read together without the fear of running into vulgar trash. It's adventure with a double-helping of crime. And I may go back and read the first two later.
This is a short crime/mystery novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs. One Amazon reviewer says it very well: "A departure for ERB, has the feel of old style writing, a decent crime/mystery story."
This is the third book in the "Mucker" series following The Mucker and The Return of the Mucker. I didn't know it was part of a series when I picked this third book up. Note that the first two books can be found in the Gutenberg download because the two were originally published serially as "The Mucker" and "The Return of the Mucker".
There is a crime spreed in Oakdale and some drifters, criminals, and others enter the scene in a plot (dare I call it "wholesome") reminiscent of Mark Twain. Of course, critics hated it, but I found it somewhat refreshing. It's a short read (about half the length or less of a typical novel). Yes, it has a bit of corn here and there but no matter. Given that we live in a world of posers and Cretans who can't go five seconds without dropping an f-bomb, I'll gladly take a little corn.
And this is the kind of a book that a father and son (or father and daughter) could read together without the fear of running into vulgar trash. It's adventure with a double-helping of crime. And I may go back and read the first two later.
